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Thank you donors!

When you donate, you have the option to leave a note. We’re not going to lie—reading these notes is some
of our favorite time spent during the fundraiser. We love to hear what makes this special, where you heard
of us or Heifer, and how you’ve grown with us over the past 10 years. Of course we want to help people pull
themselves out of poverty, but what makes all of this so special is all of you. The Worldbuilders community
is the best group of nerds a charity could hope for!

The entire village said goodbye with a sign that said “Zikomo Worldbuilders”—in the Chichewa language,
“Zikomo” means “Thank you.”

pump to use in the community together. Everyone in the village by, hope is one of the luxuries you
garden, as right now they are using has at least one goat, including the can’t afford. You just don’t have
a pitcher to pull water out of a well elders who unanimously approved time for it. But taking part in a
hole in one corner of the garden. participation in the Heifer program Heifer program not only gives you
When we visited, the Chikondi four years ago. new knowledge and resources, it
Women’s Group was reaching the They saw what was possible and shows you not just what’s possible,
end of their Heifer program, but they decided they could do even more but what’s within reach.
have really gone above and beyond, if they challenged themselves to The Chikondi Women’s Group
taking the basics they learned from dream just a bit bigger. embraced that hope. And they ran
Heifer and expanding on every It’s one of the coolest things with it.
idea. Their personal gardens are about Heifer International. Sure, Thanks to Heifer International
flourishing, thanks to the farmers they give people enough of a boost for introducing us to the Chikondi
who joined the program sharing to get them going, and provide a Women’s Group, to Jackie Finch
their knowledge and resources solid education to help. But our for taking awesome field notes, and
with the village. Their community favorite gift isn’t one you see in Kelly Sue DeConnick for
garden is a steady source of their catalogue: hope. When all narrating our video.
income that brings everyone your time is spent just scraping

food year round, but they have access to a wider variety
Food vs. NutritioN security of food that can provide the nutrients they need to stay
Thanks to their kitchen gardens, the Chikondi Women’s healthy.
Group and their village aren’t just food secure, they’re Heifer International’s programs are designed to help
nutrition secure. families attain food security to start with, since this is
Food security means that a family has access to food year often an urgent need, but all Heifer programs are designed
round—not a luxury afforded to everyone in Malawi, as to work toward achieving nutrition security. This process
many families spend several months without access to can take years, but once hunger and poor health are beaten,
food. entire communities have the power to pull themselves out
Nutrition security means a family not only has access to of poverty, and build themselves a better life.

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